SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 579
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WESTFALL.
Pre-filed December 1, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
2600S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 577.017, RSMo 1994, relating to driving privileges, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 577.017, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 577.017, to read as follows:
577.017. 1. No person, including the driver of the motor vehicle shall consume [any] an alcoholic beverage [while operating a moving motor vehicle upon the highways, as defined in section 301.010, RSMo] or possess an open alcoholic beverage container in any motor vehicle located on a highway or the right-of-way of a highway.
2. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section is guilty of an infraction.
3. Any infraction under this section shall not reflect on any records with the department of revenue.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passengers who are occupying a chartered tour bus or a recreational motor vehicle, or to possession of an open alcoholic beverage container behind the last upright seat of a motor vehicle that is not equipped with a trunk.